Liz Truss camp attacks ‘mansplainer’ Rishi Sunak after he claims she’ll ‘tip millions into misery’
which took effect in April, saying: “We promised not to raise it in our manifesto in 2019, the people here who voted Conservative for the first time expect us to fulfil our promises, so I’d reverse that increase in national insurance.”pointing out that she had once hailed a “golden era” in UK-China relations.
“And I am nothing but enormously grateful for everything that they did for me. And I’m certainly not going to apologise for the fact that they worked hard, and they aspired to do that for their kids. And in fact, as I said before, those values, those conservative values about hard work and aspiration and building a better future for your children. That’s why I want to be Prime Minister.”
Ms Truss’ supporter Nadine Dorries, the Culture Secretary, accused Mr Sunak of “talking over” his opponent during the hour-long debate. She tweeted: “It’s a terrible look. He’s irritable, aggressive, bad tempered. He’s losing it.”
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